The Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles has announced the sudden death of Canon John Angus MacDonald.
A native of South Uist, he was ordained a priest by Bishop Colin McPherson. Canon MacDonald served the diocese in a number of parishes and the church nationally by teaching at the junior seminary at St Mary’s College, Blairs.
Father John Angus MacDonald, a native Gaelic speaker, served as a parish priest in Arisaig during the 1980s, then at St Mary’s Church in Fort William during the late 1990s and early 2000s.